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CEForumMember · Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 11:44 pm Post subject: The Viceroy game need suggestion

I am trying to work in The Viceroy game.
There are 10 improvement points to be distributed initially.
I was able to find them using variable type (all).
It is stored in byte format.

Now I can not place a check mark to keep this value constant.
I can not manually change the value to 10 after spending a few points.
When I try to replace the code with nop the game crashed.
When I tried to edit the code from mov edi, eax the game crashed.

I am starting to feel that there is a kind of anti-cheat implemented.
Please give me some guidance on what I should do.

Edit: I have searched the value again and once I tried to edit it changes to a random number and keeps changing every few seconds. I am quite puzzled by this behavior.
I do have basic understanding of variable search and AOB injection and have done so for many games so I don't think I am making any noob error in variable search.

deama1234 · Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 5:48 am Post subject:

See if that instruction you found is responsible for more than one thing (find out what addresses the instruction accesses); probably that's why it crashes, cause some of the higher level variables rely on that instruction.

Zanzer · Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 5:31 pm Post subject:

If changing the value doesn't actually change anything in-game, then you have the wrong address.
I'm a bit puzzled by your edit.
Are you saying you changed the value and now the game keep 'randomly' changing the value?
Was the address 1-byte again?

thatonedudeoverthere · Newbie cheater Reputation: 0 Joined: 07 Aug 2015 Posts: 11

Zanzer, he meant that when he found the value, he could change it for a short while, but then it changed to a different unrelated number the game was using.

I guess that could be fixed by using a pointer, but i tried what he tried and i couldnt find the value even using all or 1-byte.

It's just that for this game it is impossible to search for variables in this game.

CEForumMember · Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 12:32 am Post subject:

Zanzer · Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 5:15 pm Post subject:

It sounds like you found the display number. The game knows the value should be X.
To be fancy, when the display and actual values don't match, the game animates the display.
So you see the numbers count up or down until they match the actual value.
You have the wrong address.

Since you can't find the correct one by value, I must assume the value is encrypted.
Use Unknown Initial Value scans with Changed/Unchanged rescans.

CEForumMember · Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 2:53 pm Post subject:

I did unknown initial value and did increased/ decreased value scan.
I did not even find the display value this time.
I swear this game is starting to make me lose my confidence in myself.

thatonedudeoverthere · Newbie cheater Reputation: 0 Joined: 07 Aug 2015 Posts: 11

Yeah, that's why i am looking for help on it man, this game is just fucking impossible to figure out. I think people wont realize how strange it is till they try messing around with it.

I mean both playing it and messing around with cheat engine with it.

CEForumMember · Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 5:51 pm Post subject:

Watch. Someone will do it in 5 minutes and we will be like Rolling Eyes

Zanzer · Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 6:42 pm Post subject:

If someone wants to share their Steam library, I'll give it a shot. Smile

thatonedudeoverthere · Newbie cheater Reputation: 0 Joined: 07 Aug 2015 Posts: 11

pm me and ill gift it to your steam account.

Zanzer · Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 9:09 pm Post subject:

Does this work? http://forum.cheatengine.org/viewtopic.php?p=5607523

thatonedudeoverthere · Newbie cheater Reputation: 0 Joined: 07 Aug 2015 Posts: 11

CEForumMember How fucking right you were. Thanks Zanzer.

CEForumMember · Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2015 10:00 pm Post subject:

Those who are following this thread should move on to Zanzer's thread.